Samuel Hatfield (bef. 1778 - bef. 1832)

Born before 4 May 1778 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Husband of Susanna (Allen) Hatfield — married 8 Mar 1797 in St Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire

Died before 11 Jan 1832 at about age 53 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

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Occupation: Brass founder.

Biography

Family

Samuel Hatfield was baptised on 4 May 1778 at St. Philip in Birmingham, Warwickshire.^[1] His parents were John Hatfield and Hannah.

Marriage of Samuel Hatfield and Susanna Allen.

Samuel married Susanna Allen on 8 March 1797 at St. Martin, also in Birmingham. The witnesses were John Thompson and Elizabeth [Shaw?]. Samuel and Susannah had two known children:

• Joseph Hatfield was baptised on 25 August 1800 at St. Philip in Birmingham.^[2] Joseph married Emma Bayliss and worked as a brass caster taking over his father's foundry at 44 Sheep Street.
• Susanna Hatfield was baptised on 8 August 1803 at St. Philip.^[3] Susanna married Richard Womack. Richard was a baker and the couple lived at 41 Sheep Street.

Brass Foundry on Sheep Street

Map of 44 Sheep Street.

Samuel lived on Sheep Street from at least 1821 until his death in 1832, and ran a brass foundry at number 44 which passed to his son Joseph after 1832. It is likely that at least two of Samuel’s nephews through his brother Charles worked at the foundry, as they both worked in the brass trade and had associations with Sheep Street at different times. Charles Hatfield was living on Sheep Street in 1819 and worked as a brass founder all his known life until his death in 1841. William Hatfield’s wife lived on Sheep Street between at least 1814 and 1820, and the couple married in 1823. William also worked as a brass founder, making bridle bits, curtain and stair rods, and tubes, suggesting some of the articles made in the foundry. William stopped working in the brass trade in the mid-1840s, and the last time the foundry can be found advertised in trade directories is in 1846.^[4]

Samuel Hatfield was buried on 11 January 1832 at St. Paul in Birmingham, aged 53. He was described as of Sheep Street.

Sources

TRADE: Samuel HATFIELD first mentioned as a Brass Caster at Sheep Street in Wrightson's Triennial Directory (1821).

TRADE: Samuel HATFIELD was a Caster at 44 Sheep Street in Pigot's Directory (1828) and Wrightson's Directory (1830).

References

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPFC-VPP : 19 September 2020), Samuel Hatfield, 4 May 1778, to John and Hannah.
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPFD-V62 : 21 September 2020), Joseph Hatfield, 25 Aug 1800, to Samuel and Susanna.
3. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWDW-JQ8 : 21 September 2020), Susanna Hatfield, 8 Aug 1803, to Samuel and Susanna.
4. ↑ Isaac Slater, Slater's National Commercial Directory [including Birmingham] (Manchester: J. Slater, 1846).